MADAGASCAR SCUBA DIVING PACKAGE

8 DAY SCUBA DIVING PACKAGE TO SAKATIA ISLAND FROM R4920/PERSON

Standard Package Accommodation: R4920/person

Upgraded Package Accommodation: R5905/person

Included in the scuba package price

6 nights accommodation in a Nature or Ocean Bungalow at Sakatia Lodge, on a Half Board basis (breakfasts & dinners included), 1 night bed & breakfast accommodation in IC Hotel (or similar) in Antananarivo, return airport transfers in Antananarivo & Nosy Be, 10 Dives with weights & tank hire OR Full equipment hire (depending on your choice of option)

Not included in the scuba package price

International and domestic flights, airport taxes, all optional excursions, all personal expenses, travel and medical insurance, tips, laundry, all drinks, visas, snorkelling and fishing equipment, lunches and any other meals not mentioned in the itinerary.

Madagascar

Its teeming fertile forests and geographical isolation, have served to preserve and propagate 'nature's design laboratory' in a mix found nowhere else on earth. Madagascar's forests are a shimmering, seething mass of a trillion stems and dripping leaves.

Sakatia Island offers its visitors the unspoiled tropical fauna and flora typical of this area.  At only 6.5 km long and 2 km wide at its widest point, it has a population of 300 habitants, with no roads and only foot paths, where one can wander at leisure and explore its beauty and deserted beaches.

The island is fringed by a spectacular coral reef to be enjoyed by snorkeler or scuba diver alike.

Sakatia Lodge

Situated at the foot of the Sacred Mountain and Nature Reserve is Sakatia Lodge.  The Nature Bungalows are basic but comfortable with single or double beds, en-suite bathroom with hot and cold water shower, toilet, fan and small veranda.

The Ocean view bungalows offer single or double beds, veranda, sea view, bathroom with hot and cold water showers, separate toilet, fan and sleeper couch. (You can upgrade the package should you require Ocean bungalows).

The lodge has a stunning lounge / bar area & a separate restaurant overlooking the ocean and fringed by the sacred forest of Sakatia.

Scuba Diving:

Sakatia Lodge has a dive centre and organizes other activities such as Quad Biking, Deep Sea Fishing, Micro Light, Canoeing, Trekking and exploring other Islands within its vicinity.

The Dive Centre is NAUI approved, affiliated to DAN SA and offers Scuba diving and NAUI diving courses, from “discover snorkeling to Instructor as well as specialty courses, NITROX, Night Diving, Environmental Diving, Search and Recovery, ASHI first aid and CPR.

Nosy-Be is the most popular island of Madagascar. On its north there is the Archipelago of the Mitsio and to its south the Archipelago of the Radama. In its immediate surroundings: Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Tanikely, Nosy Iranja  and Nosy Fahinihi, offer excellent diving.

Also known as “The perfume” Island, Nosy Be offers a large variety of local marine life: soft and hard corals, turtles, mantas, whale sharks, barracuda, etc.

Typically, the best season for diving is from May to January, with extra preference for September to November as whale-sharks are more likely to be encountered during that time period.